144 \CiC Sf^i'clcs of Sicrola. Willi Ilxf'lamttorx Xotcs. 

 14,^. Sicni/a (///(■/(/ 11. s]). 



I'hite XVI. Kiuure T. 



9 unusually lar.m.- and ihicksct ; dull sliiiuii.n black. anlciuKL- Iuncdu.s, 

 trochanii.'i>. tihia' and tarsi wllnwisli limwii. 



I lead antl thorax to tin- pi-opodi-uni with a luicroscopicall}' line reticu- 

 latr surt'acc .sculpture; liucly. shallow ly .nid fairly closely punctate; hairy 

 clothiti,!; short and inconspicuous. Head wider than the thorax, longer than 

 wide hy more than a half, width hetween the eyes not much greater than the 

 length from e\e to \ertex. which is considerahls more than the length in 

 front of the eyes; llatly convex aho\e. a little tumid beneath; vertical mar- 

 gin slighll\^ conca\e, teni|)les rounded. e_\'es llall.v comex; antenn;e reachin.y 

 the niesoscutum. all the se.gments considerably longer than wide, anteimal 

 fossa? deep; clxpeus nearly flat, indistinctly carinate, hardly projecting in 

 front of the anterior margin of the head, sloping at the sides; mandibles 

 stout, curved, concavo-convex, somewhat flattened outwardly, truncate api- 

 cally and toothed, base not reaching the eye ; gula and sides of the head con- 

 vex, the former not much foreshortened, as long as wide, anterior margin 

 nearly straight, deeply notched at the sides by the base of the mandibles, 

 posterior margin incised; propodeum finely rugulose ; abdomen short ovate, 

 apically acuminate, smooth and polished ; wings with a yellowish brown 

 pigmentation ; length 4 inms. 



Described from iwi; females (type and paratype). Type (numbered u) 

 from Puuw^aawaa, N. Kona, 3800 ft. elevation, collected by W. M. Giffard, 

 August 24, 191 7. Second specimen from Kilauea, Hawaii, collected by D. T. 

 Fullaway, November 19, 191.1, paratype. 



Type : Cat. No. 143, Bishop Museum. 



T44. Sicrola brci'Iccps n.sp. 



$ unusually long; dull shining black. trochaiUers, tibi;e, tarsi and anten- 

 na basally brown, antennae fuscous outwardly. 



Head and thorax to the propodeum with a microscopically line reticu- 

 late surface sculpture, coarsely, shallowdy and fairly closely punctate, the 

 sculpture and punctuation coarser on the head and pronotum than on the 

 mesonotum and scutellurn ; hairy clothing short and delicate. Head as wide 

 as long, widest across the eyes, narrowing behind and in front, width 

 between the eyes more than twice the length from e\e to vertex ; convex 

 above, depressed in front, luinid beneath, the greatest depth beneath the pos- 

 terior end of the eye ; vertical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes convex ; 

 antenna- reaching tiie niesoscutum, all the segments considerably longer than 

 wide, antennal fossje deep; clypeus carinate, apically depressed, hardly pro- 

 jecting in front of the anterior margin of the head, sloping at the sides, the 

 carina extending backward on the top of the head beyond the base of the 

 antennae; mandibles stout, cur\ed, concavc^-con\ex, truncate apically and 

 toothed, base not quite reaching the eye; gula flatly convex, medially fore- 

 shortened, width twice the length, median furrow nearly effaced, .anterior 

 margin arcuately concave, deepl\' notched at the sides by the base of the 

 mandibles, posterior margin incised; propodeum linel.v ru.nulose ; abdomen 

 elliptical, smooth ,ind ])olislu'd ; wings snbinfuscate. with a \ery faint yel- 

 lowish brown i)i.L;mentatiou ; length ^.^ mms. 



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